Re: [Patch 0/4] Vlv2TbltDevicePkg: Add FmpDevicePkg support

["Kinney, Michael D" <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>]

Hi Laszlo,

I should have entered a Bugzilla for this item so I 
could clearly document why this is required before
the stable tag and sent email to edk2-devel to inform
everyone that this Bugzilla should be considered for
the stable tag release to give the community a chance
to vote if it should be allowed or not. 

One feature that has been added for this stable tag
is the FmpDevicePkg and the GenerateCapsule tool.
These work together to provide a simpler method to
generate and process UEFI capsules for firmware updates.

I am using the platform in the Vlv2TbltDevicePkg to
demonstrate the use of this feature.  I am adding
Wiki pages on this feature that will reference this
platform with functional examples.

I had hoped I could get this content in before the
start of the quiet period, but I missed the window.

Thanks,

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laszlo Ersek [mailto:lersek@redhat.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2018 7:59 AM
> To: Guo, Mang <mang.guo@intel.com>; Kinney, Michael D
> <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>; edk2-devel@lists.01.org
> Cc: Wei, David <david.wei@intel.com>; Leif Lindholm
> (Linaro address) <leif.lindholm@linaro.org>
> Subject: Re: [edk2] [Patch 0/4] Vlv2TbltDevicePkg: Add
> FmpDevicePkg support
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On 08/10/18 08:25, Guo, Mang wrote:
> > Reviewed-by: Guo Mang <mang.guo@intel.com>
> 
> please consider the diffstat on this patch set:
> 
> >  28 files changed, 2032 insertions(+), 252
> deletions(-)
> 
> May I ask why this patch set has been committed during
> the quiet period,
> before the upcoming stable tag? See "[edk2] EDK II
> Stable Tag release
> edk2-stable201808 and quiet period starting today":
> 
> https://lists.01.org/pipermail/edk2-devel/2018-
> August/028210.html
> 
> On 08/08/18 16:16, Kinney, Michael D wrote:
> > I recommend we target 8/15/2018 and start a quiet
> period
> > on edk2/master starting today.  This means critical
> bug
> > fixes only on edk2/master.  New features and large
> changes
> > should be held until the edk2-stable201808 tag is
> created.
> 
> Based on the diffstat, this series is not a "critical
> bugfix" (the blurb
> bears the subject "Vlv2TbltDevicePkg: Add FmpDevicePkg
> support").
> 
> The quiet period / stable tags don't make much sense if
> we don't honor
> them.
> 
> Laszlo